relational adjective

English

Noun

Examples
English architectural heritage – "architectural" expresses a relationship to the corresponding noun "architecture" French concours hippique (“horse show”) – French lacks noun adjuncts, so uses a dedicated relational adjective in place of the noun cheval (“horse”)

relational adjective (plural relational adjectives)

1. (linguistics, grammar) A classifying adjective; an adjective that defines a relation and not a quality, commonly found in (but not exclusive to) languages that do not permit noun adjuncts.

Usage notes

• Not commonly used of English adjectives, for which classifying adjective is sometimes used.

Translations

Translations

• Belarusian: адно́сны прыме́тнік m (adnósny prymjétnik)
• Catalan: adjectiu relacional m, adjectiu classificador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 關係形容詞 / 关系形容词 (zh)

• Czech: vztahové přídavné jméno n
• French: adjectif relationnel (fr) m
• German: Relationsadjektiv n
• Italian: aggettivo di relazione m
• Korean: 관계형 형용사(關係型形容詞) (gwan'gyehyeong hyeong'yongsa)
• Polish: przymiotnik relacyjny (pl) m
• Portuguese: adjetivo relacional m, adjetivo de relação m
• Russian: относи́тельное прилага́тельное (ru) n (otnosítelʹnoje prilagátelʹnoje)
• Slovak: vzťahové prídavné meno n
• Spanish: adjetivo relacional m, adjetivo de relación m, adjetivo clasificador m
• Ukrainian: відно́сний прикме́тник m (vidnósnyj prykmétnyk)

See also

• classifier

References

• “relational adjective”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.